Private
George
E.
St. John
Born in Ohio, United States
Ancestors 
Son of William St. John
and Eliza (Porter) St. John
Brother of
William Franklin St. John, Pearlyett (St. John) Munn, Julia Maria (St. John) Young, Henry Clay St. John, Mary (St. John) LaDow, Adaline Cordelia (St. John) Ferris, Martin St. John and Herman E. St. John
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 24
in Perryville, Boyle, Kentucky, United States
Profile last modified
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Contents |
Biography
George was born in 1838.
Books
Service from The Story of a Thousand
- Enlisted in to Company E of the 105th Ohio Volunteer Infantry on 1862-Aug-5 at age 24 as Private. He was killed at the Battle of Perryville on 1862-Oct-8. He is interred at Camp Nelson, Kentucky. [1]
Newspapers
1862-Oct-24, “The Jeffersonian Democrat”
- The Loss in Capt. Canfield’s Company. ...
- The following letter from Capt. Canfield to his wife gives the fullest statement we have seen, of the loss on Co. E, 105th Regiment: ...
- Since I wrote the other letter, the Battery boys think that Pugsley was not killed, and that we made a mistake and did not recognize him. The other five we are sure of, viz., Wm. Hale, Charley Hitchcock, Geo. St. John, John Whiting and David Osborn. I helped dig their graves and gather them together, but was called away to the regiment before they found Pugsley. Dwight Elder says he was sure it was him, but the Battery boys think he is alive, although they have not heard from him since the fight. ... [2]
1862-Oct-29, “Western Reserve Chronicle”
- The Killed and Wounded of the 105th at the Battle of Perryville. ...
- The following is a list of killed from other Counties: ...
- COMPANY E - GEAUGA COUNTY. ...
- George St. John, Russell. [3]
Sources
Census
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXQ9-ZFF : 12 April 2016), George St John in household of Wm St John, Russell, Geauga, Ohio, United States; citing family 186, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
Death
Find A Grave: Memorial #70095530
Footnotes
- ↑ The Story of a Thousand by Albion Winegar Tourgée, Appendices, published by S. McGerald & Son, 1896
- ↑ 1862-Oct-24, “The Loss in Capt. Canfield’s Company”, “The Jeffersonian Democrat”, (Chardon, Ohio), page 2, https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25012511/the_jeffersonian_democrat/
- ↑ ”Western Reserve Chronicle”, (Warren, Ohio), 1862-Oct-29, page 2, https://www.newspapers.com/image/46248247/
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Categories: 105th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, United States Civil War | Battle of Perryville | Killed in Action, United States of America, United States Civil War